Discover original hammocks handwoven by Mayan artisans – At Mayan Dreams, we offer high-quality, fair trade hammocks, fasteners, hammock stands, hanging chairs, huipil cushions, and expert advice to help you smoothly create the perfect hammock experience.
“We want to offer quality hammocks while supporting a community!”
Fred & MArta
Our Partners
Whether local in Switzerland or international in Guatemala, together we build bridges between cultures, creating unique products that tell stories and are fairly traded.
CHOICE FOR HOME AND GARDEN
You will probably find the hammock or hanging chair of your dreams in our wide selection of products handcrafted in Guatemala. Many sellers offer a single type of hammock or hanging-chair, often not or only partially hand-woven. By Mayan Dreams, we aim to offer a choice of high quality handmade furniture for home and garden. The two types of hammocks we are proposing in our shop are made following two distinct weaving techniques. Those techniques are coming from two different areas of Guatemala.
Fabric for Home
The hammocks and hanging chairs in soft, colorful fabric are woven in highlands surrounded by volcanoes, close to La Antigua Guatemala. Those “Mayan Fabric Hammocks” are woven following the ancestral traditional of weaving on wooden looms. The most colorful variation, with powerful rainbow colors, is probably the most typical variation.
Net for Garden
The “Fisherman’s Hammocks” are coming from the Pacific coast of Guatemala. They require a distinct manufacturing process. This process of weaving extendable meshes has also been used and improved for centuries in Mexico and Guatemala. Bars can be added to such fisherman’s hammocks, you can find those hammocks with bars in our “Dreamcatcher Hammocks” category. They are the ones often represented in holiday or interior design catalogs. Such hammocks are just perfect to stretch yourself horizontally and swing in a summer breeze. The complex pattern of the stitches, combined with the soft cotton our hammocks are made from, makes those net hammocks particularly comfortable and resistant.
We also want to offer you simple solutions to fix and mount your hammock easily on the support of your choice. Our “fixing and hanging kit” category is the place to find our eco-friendly, reliable, and pretty fixation solution. We named it “Ropes and Woods Kit.” One of its advantages is that it makes it possible to hang and store your hammocks within a few seconds. Inspired by the local inhabitants from Guatemala, we are producing this kit in Switzerland with Swiss quality products. To make it as easy as possible to use your kit inside or outside, we are also offering quality steel mount fixation for cement and wood.
Unbleached net hammock
Several types of Mayan hammocks and hanging-chairs, all giving a timeless design touch in any home or garden. Handmade furniture and simple patterns that fit perfectly in a modern cement loft, as well as in an ancient wooden chalet. The soft cotton our mayan hammocks and hanging-chairs are made from will wrap your skin in softness. The material, like the way of processing the cotton, care for an ideal level of comfort and an exclusive design.
Ropes and Woods – Hanging-Kit
Ropes and Woods, our hanging kit for hammocks: 2 x 4 meters of Swiss made ropes and 2 x 11 centimeters wood sticks, round shaped, lacquered, and polished.
Discover our simple, durable and reliable solution to hang and remove hammocks in a few seconds!
Guatemala is located close to the area of the Caribbean, from where the conquistadors brought the first hammocks back to Europe. In this heart of the Mayan civilization, people are sleeping in hammocks from an early age, and the traditional techniques of weaving hammocks (“tejer hamacas”) are passed over from generation to generation. The daily usage and rich tradition are part of the reason Mayan hammocks are fitting perfectly with the morphology of the human body. In numerous aspects, fishermen’s hammocks from Guatemala are similar to the hammocks from the neighboring country of Mexico, mainly made in the area of Yucatán.
The confection of clothes in traditional huipil is also important in Guatemala; you can also get a piece of this unique textile in our accessories category with cushion covers in Mayan huipil. We are willing to offer the original quality at a fair price for all. You are in good hands; local people are sleeping in the same hammocks that you are going to find in our shop.
PROMOTE AUTHENTICITY
As an engaged brand, we primarily want to promote the original know-how of weaving hammocks as well as the innovation involved in the manufacturing process. Traditions, like the one of weaving colorful hammocks in this wonderful Central American country, are treasures we need to promote and protect from cultural appropriation. It’s important for us to offer the possibility to consume fairly and to offer an alternative to the copies of traditional hammocks. Without any doubt, copies of Mayan-Hammocks and hanging chairs are a threat to traditions. Mass-produced hammocks, often of poor quality, can’t be compared to soft and robust quality hammocks from Guatemala, which share the same roots as Yucatán hammocks from Mexico. We believe that the public actually wants and deserves such quality. For those reasons, we work to make sure that authentic handmade hammocks and other precious handcrafted products are visible and accessible for all. We invite you to assist us and to discover other Mayan art crafts, like our mayan cushions and pillow covers in traditional Huipil— the perfect match for your handmade hammocks.
Our Values
We work innovatively and culturally in the spirit of fair fashion. Our goal is to remain independent, stay true to our values, and improve quality and selection every year. We would love to grow, but we will not sell out. We are proud to be small and to trade internationally without middlemen. Fair shipping, exclusive quality, and a manageable size are our top priorities. Here it’s 100% true handcraft: we are just selling real, handmade hammocks and accessories from the best around the world!
Handcrafted in Guatemala, up to the packaging
FEW NUMBERS
Approximately 12 hours to weave a fisherman’s hammock, size M Approximately 2 days to weave a cloth hammock, size M First pop-up shop in Zurich (2019) Own website (2022) Production of own “Hanging Kit ”Ropes and Woods” (2021) Over 1,000 hammocks sold to Nature & Découverte through Hamac del Sol (2023) “Mayan Dreams” cotton bags produced in Guatemala City – cotton and Mayan woven cloth First hammock stands and huipil pillowcases in the range (2025)
Why the Mayan Dreams and the Quetzal?
We chose the Quetzal to represent Mayan Dreams on our logo because this colorful bird is probably the most picturesque and emblematic symbol of Guatemala. You can find it on the coins, which even carry is name “Quetzal”, as well as on the country’s flag. This unique rainforest bird also represents the authenticity and delicacy.
WHO WE ARE
I (Fred) met Marta while traveling for a first time to Guatemala in 2009. We both share a love for Mayan crafts, and we know how nice it feels to relax in an original Mayan hammock. About 10 years later, we decided to make our dream come true, so we started to import, sell and promote some original art and crafts that we directly brought from our friends and partners in Guatemala. Our aim is and will remain to offer original quality while supporting Mayan craftsmanship.
Frédéric Bourquard & Marta Escobar
Founders
Our Mayan Dreams Family – Marta, Fred & Luna
Alfonso
Craftsman – Fisherman’s net hammock from the Pacific coast
Alfonso home in Escuintla – 2022
Mario
Craftsman – Mayan Fabric from the highlands
Mario cousin near Nahualâ – 2022
Embrace slow fashion
We believe that fashion can be as beneficial to the planet and human cultures as it is to our commodity and design wishes. With a commitment to sustainability and ethical responsibility, we curate a collection of chic and eco-friendly hammocks.
Cushion Cover (Pair) – Traditional Mayan Huipil – Pink Yellow birdsCHF 140.00
